Fanfare Magazine critic Henry Fogel offers an absolute RAVE review for Sarah Coburn, Lawrence Brownlee, and Constantine Orbelian’s new recording of Bellini’s I Puritani: “This release is something we don’t see too often any more: a studio recording of a complete opera… This set takes its place comfortably alongside the finest available recordings of Bellini’s…
Göran Forsling offers a fourth MusicWeb International review of Oksana Volkova’s Poison d’Amour release with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony: “It was also as Maddalena I first met her in the Delos recording of Rigoletto with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role… Maddalena is hardly a role that catapults a singer to stardom, but even…
The International Clarinet Association’s May 2021 Reviews feature a review of Les Temps Modernes’ December Chrysanthemum: Chamber Music of Xiaogang Ye: “The 2020 album December Chrysanthemum is a fusion of independently developed and long-lived styles, melded together in new and interesting ways by composer Xiaogang Ye. Xiaogang does a masterful job blending the two distant and distinct…
The International Clarinet Association’s May 2021 Reviews feature a wonderful breakdown of Mark Abel’s The Cave of Wondrous Voice featuring David Shifrin, Fred Sherry, Hila Plitmann, Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker, Dominic Cheli, Carol Rosenberger, and Sarah Beck: “The first work on the album, Intuition’s Dance, is performed by clarinetist, David Shifrin and pianist, Carol Rosenberger. This spirited piece…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour album is named an Opera News Critic’s Choice! “an audacious compilation of mezzo-soprano (and soprano-adjacent) arias… Poison d’Amour announces Volkova as the real deal: a full-bodied, lyric mezzo-soprano with intelligence, passion, nuance and a healthy dose of chutzpah… And Constantine Orbelian’s decadent and limpid conducting…
Rafael de Acha has a wonderful preview and review of the new Approaching Autumn release from Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig: “Jonah Kim dives into this music with courage underpinned by formidable technical prowess, with which he achieves a dazzling performance. Mark Abel’s Approaching Autumn is a one-movement, 2020 composition, melodically forthcoming, harmoniously laid-out, often playful, eminently…
Francis Muzzu gives a 4.5 Star Review to Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian’s new recording of Bellini’s I Puritani in OperaNow: “an excellent outing… The only point in reviving the opera is for outstanding vocalists, which we have here. Sarah Coburn leads the cast as Elvira, and her voice suits the role perfectly.…
Lynn René Bayley offers an absolute RAVE review for Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s new Approaching Autumn recording: “boy, does Kim tear into the Kodály Solo Sonata! … Kim combines a gorgeous sound and elegance of phrasing, including quite passionate playing in the slower sections, with just the right amount of power in the more dramatic…
The Arts Fuse has a new review for Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia recording: “A delightful recording — and the first ever! — of arias from Hasse’s and Gluck’s operas about Tigranes and Cleopatra of Pontus. Plus four arias by Vivaldi for that same Cleopatra.…
Rafael de Acha reviews the new Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, Constantine Orbelian, and Kaunas City Symphony recording of Bellini’s I Puritani: “Not since the 1953 studio recordings of Bellini’s Bel Canto tour de force with deluxe casts: the vintage Cetra with Callas, Di Stefano, Panerai, and Rossi-Lemeni, and the various 1960’s releases with Dame Joan Sutherland leading…
Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony and Kaunas State Choir’s new complete opera recording of I Puritani gets its first review from the Art Music Lounge: “this performance of Bellini’s old warhorse bids fair to overtake all previous commercial recordings of it, In part this is due to the perfectly-balanced…
Gramophone Magazine critic Laurence Vittes reviews Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour recording in the August issue’s Sounds of America section: “Mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova’s recital of a dozen famous dramatic arias and one bloody obscurity gives full range to the Belarusian’s powerful voice and sultry temperament. … With a superb…
American Record Guide reviews Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour recording: “Oksana Volkova has a gorgeous, seductive voice that could be likened to warm butter dripping off a fresh, hot biscuit. From top to bottom there are no holes in her beautiful mezzo-soprano. …Her choice of repertoire is intelligent. She seduces…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour release is Opera Magazine’s July 2021 Disc of the Month! “‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song. The Belarusian mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova has a well- nourished voice that has already taken her…
We’re excited to share the news that Delos conductor and pianist Constantine Orbelian has been appointed to the position of Music Director and Principal Conductor for the New York City Opera! New York City Opera (Michael Capasso, General Director) has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed conductor and pianist Constantine Orbelian as the company’s Music…
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